Planning Capital Cities

(Barré) #1

Miruna Stroe


Fig. 3
The complex housing ensembles
in Bucharest, in the 1964 sketch.
Published in Arhitectura R.P.R.,
6/1964.

The principles expressed in the decision are rather abstract and the built
reality is much more nuanced. As previously stated, urban planning principles
stemming from modernism are used, without pointing out their filiation. They
are recognizable, nevertheless. A whole theoretical structure creates the basis
for a scientific urban design, with the complex housing ensemble at its core.
The micro-district principle is detailed to a maximum and numerous housing
ensemble solutions are presented, each with its economic advantages.


Before the next systematization plan for the entire capital, several local plans
detail important boulevards and squares, such as Calea Victoriei, the N-S

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